to the 11 victims who were killed. >> he was your twin. >> it's unimaginable that somebody that was so full of life is gone in an instant. of the system of hate. new details now emerging about the week-long reign of terror and the clue that helped police track him down so tquickly. se stories, plus, breakthrough? the new o discoverywhat could be causing a sudden spike in li poli cases in children across the country. survivor story. the arizona man trapped for days in an abandoned mine shaft talked about hissc . >> i heard somebody hollering back. i broke down and started crying. and wicked good. off oston red sox finish the l.a. dodgers, a sounding 5-1 win to take homed another wo series title.y, toda monday, october 29th, 2018. from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," with sava guthrie, live from pittsburgh, and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to this split edition of "today." it's monday morning. i'm savannah guthrie o the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. hoda is in studio 1a. you can imagine, this is aun coy that is brokenhearted. >> you can feel that pain a around the country this morning. >> so many people are grieving with the people in pittsburgh. the hearts of the nation are going out to everyone in what is a tight knit codunity. anhis morning, we're more about the people who lost their lives in this house of worship. n we look at the scr there, this is the front page of "the pittsburgh post-gazette" this morning. and the focus is where it should be, on 11 good lives that were lost. i know we have breaking news. we'll get back toyou. >> we have this story, a brand-new boeing 737, with 189 people, onboacluding three young children, crashing moments after taoff from the airport in irnnearby 145. kelly cobiella has more on this. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the pilot asked to return to the airport three minutes int this flight. air traic control okayed that request but the passenger never made it back. this morning, rescue crews desperately searching the sea off of the coast of thene indosian capital, jakarta. they're finding debris, a crushed cellphone, mangled plane wreckage and an oil slick. but so far, no sign of survivors. relatives desperate for news are gathering at the airport where the plane was supposed to land and in jakarta where it took 3 off. fants along with 20 members of innearby sha's finance industry. the flight disappeared from radar 15 minutes after takeoff. radar sws the jet looped south, and then climbed north, losing altitude, climbing again and dropping off screen. there was no distress signal and the weather was good at the time. the plane was new, delivered in august of this year and only in the air for two months. the airline said the pilot and co-pilot had combined 11,000 hours of flying time. ovnight, lion air said that the jet was cleared to fly. the crash site is in shallow water, just over 100 feet deep. helicopters, ships and divers are searchi for the wreckage and the black boxes, as famiies pray for a miracle. >> you mention this 737 was brand-new. does boeing have anything to say about it? >> reporter: they offered their condolences. this plane in paicular, the 737 max is one of the most advanced and fastest selling passenger t. befo the first jets went out, boeing grounded the fleet for a short time because of the engines. that was resolved and they're selling very well. this morning, boeing is going to provide technicalnt assiso investigators if requested. now, we send it back to savannah i pittsburgh. >> hoda, thanks so much. as you can imagine, it ist a difficnd emotional start to the week here. people are struging for answers in the wake of the attacn this sin gol herynagogue. 11 people were killed. this morning, we are learning more about all of them. victim. i'm a survivor. i'm a mourner. >> reporter: overnight, the rabbi of the tree of life synagogue recounting the heart-stopping moments a gunman opened fire in a house of worship, k 11 people. >> seven of my congregants were shot dead in my sanctuar the has been defiled. >> reporter: they came together in a sea of horror. a community coming together, faiths united on all fronts. >> our hearts are with these families. wonderful, wonderful families. >> the city's >>scarred. eporter: this morning we're learning new details about the 11 lives senselessly stolen. they ranged in age from 54o 97 years old. among them, 75-year-old joyce fineberg, a retired researcher at the universitsbof pigh. remembered as a powerhouse intellectual and thoughtful. brothers cecil and david rosenth rosenthal, dcribed as kind, gentle and inseparable. r,d 55-year-old daniel stein, a retired grandfat remembered as a family man. >> he was a fun guy. he had a dry sense of humor. everybody loved him. >> he treasured every minute. >> reporter: ghover we spoke two sisters of victim richard gottfried, a dentist said to be at the heart o synagogue.of life >> it has really sunk in yet. >>eporter: his third sister, carol, was inside, too. and she survived. >> he is -- was the kindest, most loving, caring person. he always did for othe. >> reporter: from washington to paris and the vatican, vigils and tributes around the world. in israel, a strong rebuke by israeli prime minister ng min netanyahu and solidarity at jerusalem's wailing wall. >> every jewish person when they heard this, they were in shock and pain. >> reporter: this mornin flowering line the street of the synagogue, a tribute of giving where so much has been takenay joining us now are two of the doctors that treated people on saturday. lenny weiss is the ems medical director. he was among theirst to arrive on the scene. and dr. alexandra castro. good morning to both of you. or. weiss, you were here early and so soon because this is your neighborhood. what was it like to comeeeere and what you saw? >> i still can't get over what it looks likenow, let alone that morning. i was actually in bed, having worked late the night before, and i heard a lot of noise that i thought was construction and immediately recognized automatic gunfire. i heard yelling that wot recognizable as anything you would hear in a neighborhood on a saturday morning, either. i jumped up and tried to figure out what was going on. i knew if i didn't find out, my phone would probably be ringing soon. we have a physician response i called in to dispatch to see if there was an actual staging rea established and they indicated there was and there was an event occurring. ere andyou came right treated some of the wounded, as i understand it? >> i was in o command post. the scene was not secure for a long time. we had to establish a safe way for people to get people in. >> was your heart racing? >> it was, yeah. i was nervous for my neighbs, self, my family, my community. but i knew i hadob to do the normally do, wking with our city and the paramedics. theolice officers and the paramedics established the scene efficiently. >> obviously, ere's a trauma center somewhat nearby. dr. castro, you're a trauma surgeon. >> on saturday, we had bn in communication with the physicians that were on-scene. and as an emergency medicine physician, our job is very important that we prepare the department for a mass cualty event like this. we have drills that we do and we prepare for things like this. you fornything prepare something like this? >> it's the emotional stress, the unknown of knowing how many patients are going to come in, the severity of the injues. you kn we were able to gather a team together ofore than 50 individuals with an instant's notice. >> i've been here jt a short time. but i can already feel the pride that people in pittsburgh feel in this commuhtty and how t it is. and this must break your hearts. >> absolutely. we're used to a calm environment. happy and ws really tou fgh is see these events happening all over the country and the rl and we don't know if it's going to happen. wew want to k when it's going to happen. sad.s very we're unfortunately prepared. but once you have to spring into that action, it's almost disappointment we had to do this. but i'm proud at tponse of our medics and police officers and the rest of our pub safety department. lic a lot ofercs on saturday. dr. weiss, dr. castro, you were of them. meantime, we're learning more abouthe alleged 46-year-old gunman. investigators arecoing his social media footprint and looking at what he was doing in the hours and days leading up to this horrific shooting. miguel almaguer is at allegheny hospital with that story. good morningteo you. >> rep savannah, good morning. this is where the suspect is being held and treated. imes by hot multiple police before he surrendered. it's unclear if he is speaking to investigators. there's still many unanswered questions. methodically gunning down his victims, floor-by-floor, police say robert bowers used his three handguns, like the ones he posted on social media, and an ar-15 to carry out his massacre. had he not been shot by police, investigators feel the bloodshed could have continued. >> h bowers made it out of that facility, there's a strong possibility that additiona violence would have occurred. >> reporter: after taken into custody, bowers alledly told police, they're committing genocide to my people. i just want to kill jews. while the fbi says the motive is clear, a hate crim they are piecing together a timeline. >> we are seeing if there was cameras in position to capture footage. >> reporter: 13 miles away from the crime scene, investigators ided bowers' apartment. on gab, a social media platform, often tied to hate and whitet supremacist was shut down overnight, bowers railed against president trump, saying trump is a globalist, not a nationalist. just before the bloodshed, bowers posting, i'm going in. terry owens is his neighbor. to know that ing someone that has that much hate was on the other side of my wall. >> reporter: the suspect faces 11 counts of murder, including several hate crimes. investigators say 21 guns were registered in his name. they say the violence certainly could have continued had he not been stopped by police. savannah? >> all right, miguel. thank you very much. we're going to have more from pittsburgh just ahead, ing my conversation and visit with the sisters of one of the victims here. hoda, we send it back to you guys in new york. >> thank you. just taken by the strength of the folks from pittsburgh, aren't you? >> that quiet strength. you got more new we're covering. >> i do. the man suspected ofma sending bombs to prominent critics of president trump is set to appear in federal court. annew information on how authorities managed to track him down so quickly. kerry sanders has that story. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. this afrnoon, the suspect, caesar sayoc, is scheduled to be arraigned here in miami. but he will be transferred to new york, where he faces five federal charges, where he will be charged with making threats to former presidents and sending explosives through the mail. this morning, new video from michael moore, whose film "fahrenheit 9/11" and footaget a rally in melbourne, florida, last year,ail bomb suspect caesar sayoc. the first eteak,ng a fingerprint on a package mailed to maxine waters. since the suspect had ami cril record, police knew who they were looking for. now, law enforcement sources tell nbc news, it was a common piece of police technology called a license plate reader that ultimately led them to the van and the suspect. sayo was taken into custody outside of this auto parts stor he denies making the bombs. defens attorney ron lowy has represented sayoc in previous cases.>> this is a sophisticate crime. everything about them, if aou lo his arrests, none oem how sophistication. >> reporter: sayoc, whose criminal history includes pleading guilty to making a bomb threat, as well as oth cases of grand larceny, fraud and a criminaled s esubstance, in his. >> he was very anti-black, anti-guy, anti-jewish,c, anti-his white supremacist. >> reporter: multiple senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news, the believe that sayoc constructed the devices in his van. fbi is t wing to trare he bought the parts. reviewing records at the auto zone where he was arrested, to e determine ifought any of the components there. a tot of 14 mail bombs have been recovered. but the authorities warn therel could se more out there, according to senior law enforcent t sayo suspect here, has not been cooperating during questioning. they are treating this as if there are still bombs in the mail system. >> kerry, thank you. more to get to this rning, including congratulations to the bostoned sox. world series champions once again, after knocking off the l.a. dodgers last night, done e long ball, hitting four home runs on the night, including two from that guy, steve pierce. he was named world series mvp. the red sox picking uprs their fi title in five years, their ninth in franchise history. and what ason it was for the red sox. truly deserving team. players celebrating at dodr field. but back in boston, that party, the one that started lastnight, still going. restaurants andars on the streets. the victory parade scheduled for wednesday. the red sox's fourth world seriess.n 15 ye >> we were talking to our affiliates and they are partying. turn >> good morning. weather from us.tting your first we have an active day. we have a clipper systemushing through. could be a few rumbles of thunder, gusty winds. we'll watch this, gusty with an afternoon wind. brisk winds, marine winds along the new jersey/new england coast. it'sactive. we have this clipper here. another one that's going to be coming in out o canada for midweek bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms by midweek -- i should say, by thisaf rnoon, tomorrow afternoon right into chicago. and then it stalls out. brings wet weather into the northeast. pushes its way, as you look along this front. another system develops, bringing heavy rain over texas. a few strong storms. lo at these rainfall amounts. another 1 to 3 inches from central texas all the way into central ohio. wel get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. g >>d morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell skies are partly to mostly cloudy. there's a chance for rain showers northernmost namaryland. it's 52 degrees in washington. uppe a 40s tound 50 just about everywhere. what you will notice is the wind will increase dramatically later in the afternoon. northwest winds today, 15 to 25 miles an hour. notuch of a warm-up. highs in the 50s today but 70 on halloween. >> that'satour latest r. >> al, thank you so much. coming up, the arizona man who spent days trapped at the bottom of an abandon the mine shaft shares his story for the first time. savannah? 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>> i don't think i've even absorbed it yet. there's so much hate in this country. and it needs to >> hate, intolerance, that's noh he was. that's not who i am. >> that's not who i am. had you felt afraid before this? >> no. >> no. >> i can't live that way. either.n't hate him, >> reporter: the shooter? >> the shooter. i can't hate h because if i do, it will eat me up alive from the inside-out. >> t have him murdered, because that's what it i was, really hard to take. a really wonderful person was taken from us way too soon. >> it's not easy for you both to be herealking to me. >> no, it's not. >> reporter: i know you wanted to, for a reason. >> and the reason is, because you have a job to do and you're going to be talking about him anyway. so, the things that you say about him, i want them to be who he is. and he is -- was the ndest, most loving, caring person. >> dr. arrigottfried, one of the wonderful people that were gunned down. i'm joined by rabbimy jeffrey s. he was presiding over his congregation at the time of the shooting. the hearts of the nation are with you. >> the world. >> indeed the wholeworld. you haven't been back here since saturday. this is your ysynagogue,r home, your house of worship. tat crosses your mind? >> i didn't see stars and the tributes to people untca i ht a little of the news last night and i saw it in person this morning. for a moment, i felt like, i'm standing at a cemetery and this is a massive mausoleum. it's my home and it's been desecrated. >> you said to me atsew mom ago, you could never use that sanctuary ain. >> ian't be used again in its present conditio the bullet holes are too numerous to count. bute will rebuild because we're tree of life. we've been here 154 years. and you can cut off some branches but the tree will continue to gro w and wel be back. >> you can see how this community ofllfaiths, how people are pulling together, in this moment. and i can't imagine whatou saw, rabbi, on saturday morning. it's just a regular saturday morning. you're leading services, your most faithful are there. t happenedll me w >> we start at 9:45. and the regulars arethere. these good, decent people, who were over there. and whin a few minutes, i heard what i thought was crashing metal of one of the oat racks. and i thought of our seniors maybe lost his or her balance and ptled on to right themselves and fell, god forbid, or some ting. and att moment, three members of the congregations that we house in our building, i saw them ran down the stairs. that's when the next set of bullets rang out, within another 10 or 15 seconds.'v while never personally witnessed or heard gunfire, thank god, unt thismoment, just something inside told me, this is nfire. and i told my congregants to drop to the floor, be quiet, don't say a word, don't move. i thought the pews are thick, old wood, perhaps there's protection there. and the people at the front of the sanctuary, i got them out to the frof the sanctuary. there were doors leading to this labyrinth of auilding to g people out to different places, whether it's to exit or hide in a closet or something. i tried to see if i could go back to get eight remaining people in the back of the congregation. i could tell, the gunfire was getting louder, itas coming up the stairs and i couldn't save those eight people. >> did you see the gunman? >> i nev >> did you hear him say anything? >> iny never heard words from the gunman at any time. i ran through the back of the sanctuary and went up the stairs. the exit route i thought i could take, i didn't feelas a safe route because he would have a sight line where i would be coming out and i thought that was foolish. i went up into the choir loft. and i heard him execute my congregants. i can't watdidn't watch it. i couldn't watch it. i called 911 and i stayed on the line for what felt like an eternity. they said it was 20 minutes. i heard footsteps. and fortunately there's a bathroom up there. the lock didn't. wo i with all my might just held on to the door andye p to god, don't find me. and fortunately, s.w.a.t. came after what seemed like an eternity and rescued at that point, they had not caught him.ti he was at large somewhere in the facility. they safely escorted me out of the building, closer to this end of the building and had me run across hestreet. that's probably that famous 15 minutes of fame photo of me, running across the street with my prayer shawl on because they escorted me down the street. the police were hidin they didn't know where he was yet. they hadn't caughthim. police officers were shot as they tried to stop him. >> we know. >> and we now know according t the police that he had horrendous things to say and he targeted m of the jewish faith. he targeted this hoace. do you wrap your head around that? how do you feel about that? just the thought of it hurts s much. >> at first, i think it's a mixture of anger, of disbelief, all rolled into one. am i really experiencing this? is this a horrific nightmare ang i'ng to wake up? was this a cruel drill that the fbi h us do to practice? all those things go through simultanenusly. and i saw that, tre is hate. and it just seems to be getting worse. ul the president may come and visit. you like to visit with him? >> it would be my honor to always m a president of the united states. o you have something you want to say, to tell him about your community and these good people who lost their lives? >> these are good, decent people. ethey didn't hn ounce of hate in any of them. and we turn to the leaders of our cowetry. e got to stop hate. and it can't just be to say we need to stop hate. we need to do. we need to act, to tone down rhetoric. hate is not welcome here in piulsburgh. it s not be welcome in our borders at all. >> rabbi myers, you were a pastor in every sense on saturday helping your congregants. i kno you are caring for them now and the vigil and you haven't gotten much sleep. our hearts and prayers are with you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. we'll be back with much more from pittsburgh, right after this. alexa, play weekend mix. the new lincoln mkc. connecting the world inside, with the world outside. so you can move through both a little easier. introducing the well-connected 2019 lincoln mkc. we got you cornered lucky. give us your lucky charms of unicorn marshmallows. never! ♪i love me lucky charms with marshmallows unicorns forever! ♪they are magically delicious washed up? 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what are you seeing? >> an update on lothian northbound before talbot, we have that now just delays, just a warning. southbound 270 before west montgomery avenue, crash on the left shoulder. outhbound there as well. lorton northbound 95, crash on the left side. >> thank you. we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back. ntlieve i've heard stories from people across virginiaing. that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and pediatric healthcare. but we can't make progress when we're divided, when our leaders pit us against each other for political gain. in the senate, i'll always listen to you and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. inour wireless mouse? maybe not. maybe you can trust that during your fantasy draft, the computer won't autodraft a kicker in the 7th round. or... you could just trust duracell. morning. most of us won't need to worry about the 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searchin through the debris off of the coast of indonesia, amidw questions abohat went wrong withhe brand-new boeing 737. we're live with the latest on that investigation. plus, community coming together. >> we won't let hate beat us down. >> overght, thousands attend a vigil to remember the innocent lives lost in a horrific shooting at a pittsburgh synagoe. >> he is -- was the kindest, most loving, caring person. he always did for others. >> this morning, what we are learning about the spctims, the ect and what happened inside that place of worship. savannah is live in pittsburgh. and no pain no gain. olympic gymnast simone biles reaching new heights at the national championships, just hours after a late-night visit to thesp al. how the superstar may have made history today, october 29th, 2018. at "today," from green bay. go, pack, go. >> southern girls taking over the city. we miss you, amy. >> good morning tur kids, garrison and gracie. >> in greenville, tennessee. ♪ >> celebrating my 10th birthday. >> and the world series champs. go, red sox. >> yshoutout to m nephew, brady, in naples, florida. >> good morning, mom, in albuquerque, new mexico. >> surprise birthday trip for our mom. >> and my first time iw york city. >> nice crowd outside. welcome back to a special it split-n of "today" on this monday morning. >> savannahie g is in pittsburgh. she will have the latest on that synagogue shooting in a few minutes. > we'll look a breaking news overnight. search teams are beginning to find victims and debris from a boeing yet that crashed in the sea off of the coast ofh indonesia w 189 people onboard. kelly cobiella has the latest. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this morning, search and rescue teams are searching for the main wreckage of lion airjt flight 610, along with the black boxes. the flight went o down just of the coast of jakarta with 189 pa paengers and crew onboar including 3 young children. they've found an oil slick and a lot of debris o the sea surface. investigators say the pilot asked to turn to the airport three minutes after that flight. air traffic control okayed that request but the flight never made it back. the jet looped south on takeoff, deand h north, climbing to 5,000 feet, losing altitude, climbing again, and then dropping off-screen just 13 minutes into flight. donesian investigators said there was no distress signal, the weather was good at the time, the plane, new, a 737 max8. it was delivered in august of this year andn the air for two months. overnight, lion air added that jet had a technical issue but i was resolved and clear to fly. the jet crashed in relatively shallow water, like 100 feet deep. but this morning rescue notcials are saying they' expecting to find survivors. >> hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this. kelly, thank you. thousands of peoplettded a vigil overnight to honor the victims of saturday's at a synagogue in pittsburgh. savannah is in that heartbroken city this morning, with what we know about the suspect and more importantly, the livest were lost. savannah? >> craig, good morning, again. so many people here are turning to each other, their familie and faith and trying to make sense of what was a senseless attack. the suspected gunman is expected to make his first appearance in court today and he faces at least 29 charges for what authorities are saying is a hate crime. a tight-knit community shaken to its core. 11 innocent lives slain in a house of worship. >>oly place has been defiled. >> reporter: earlier on "today," the tree of life synagogue'si, rapeaking out. he was inside when the attack occurred. >> we will b rebuilause we're tree of life. we've been here 154 years. and you o can cut some branches but the tree will continue to grow and we will be back. >> reporter: 65-year-old richard gottfried was among thes. vict >> he touched a lot of people, in all areas of his life. >> reporter: two of isters fondly remembered him. a beloved dentist looking forward to retirement. >> family was very important. >> reporter: david and cecil rosenthal were brothers, admired for their kindness and strong faith. are heard gunshots from the lobby, possibly 20 to 30 shots. > reporter: authorities saysuss clear. >> during the course of hisad assault on the people of the synagogue, bowers made statements regarding genocide and his desire to kill jewish people. >> reporter: according to police, robert bower stormed the congregation in the morning, armedh withese t aar-15 assault rifle. >> weill conductinterviews, scb social media and will exploit digital media to determine how and why bowers committed thi act. >> reporter: bowers was a regular on gab, a social media group that was popular with fringe groups. he posted hate speechthere. and before saturday's shooting, wrote in part, i'm going in. when he appears in court later todaowers faces 29 federal charges. >> we're going to get through this. and we're going to continue on and show what pittsburgh is made of. >> reporter: calls for strength and unity in a city dealing with unimaginable pain and loss. guys, just the short time i've been here, i've noticedow tight-knit this community is. not just the jewish community here in squirrel hill, but the whole town of pittsburgh. they have a lot of pride in their town. and their hearts are broken but re pulling together. it's really something to see. we'll have much more next hour. >> if there's a city that's going to get through this, it's pittsburgh. no doubt. >> that rabbi, i will remember him for a long time.nn sa, thank you so much. the man accused of sending package bombs tohigh-profile critics of president trump, appears before a federal judge in sayoc is not cooperating with investigators. they're concerned that there could be more pipe bombs out there. although they didn't go off, the fbi says they rerel and not hoax devices. his criminal history includes a 2002 guilty plea to making aat bomb th a former boss described him as filled with hatred toward minority groups. we're hearing from the man who fell 100 feet down a remote mine shaft in arizona, while he was exploring for gold. he was trapped i the mine shaft for nearly three days. he had no food unt and a n frie him, putting a difficult rescue effort into motion. now, he is talking about that ordeal and wt it was like when help finally got there. >> i started hearing someonein holl back. and i broke down and started crying. >> it tookle rescuers three hou to hoist waddell toor safety. do expect he will make a full recovery. >> he has a burger in hand. we got the news covered. how about a little "boost." booster shots can be painful, but their tcnecessary. this little boy after his doctor's appoint. >> was i tough. >> you were tough. >> can get pancakes? >> can i see them? all rit. d one way back there. nice. high-five. only cried a little bit, huh? >> yeah. >> were you so brave? >> yeah. >>how mehat tough face. here.'s itching me 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nowwhat? >> what does that mean? researchers can start looking at that, trying to delop a vaccine and get a cure for it if possible. these are tough to figure out. it give s parents information, e know it'smm icable. it's a polio-like virus out there. that means a lot h ofd washing, especially if they're at a social a event,er they use the bathroom, and school. teach them not to touch t ir face until they wash their hands. and keep a close eye on your child. if your child gets sick. look at your child, if you notice any symptoms, like they can't walk or move, sdrrt ping things, those are the gripe symptoms, t strength gets less. then, it's time to take them to the doctor. they don't need to go to the doctor for every cold. >> ishe cdc onboard with this? >> they have to be specific about how they do things. .ey're slow and delibera but when they come out, they come out with official information. these doctors a connecting th dots on their own. >> if you catch it early, does thatselp you with the sympt later? >> anything you catch early is going to helpss -- not neily curing the symptoms, but getting the treatment underincontrol, ge the patient to survive better. >> dr.omjohn with reasons for hope, perhaps. let's move over and talk to mr. roker. g >> we'reng to start in the and it's going to last right into wednesday. we are looking for especially aroupugent sound into parts o 3northern oregon, 1 inches of rain, back through northern idaho. snow getting itself together. get those skis ready. measurable notice. rest of thecountry, we expect to see that stormy wet condition. windy cditions through the ohio river valleys and one clipper moving out. the next one moving out from canada and bring big rain to our friends in the upper midwest. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> right here at home, we're waiting on our skies to clear out complete i. later on the day it will become partly to mostly sunny. temperatures in the upper 40s, i d-50s. more clouds further north and west you live or travel today and cou be an isolated drop near the pennsylvania border. temperatures wl reach the mid to upper 50s for highs today. sunny and warmer tomorrow withr high n 63 degrees. halloween looks mild and dry with temperatures in the 60s. >> that's your latest weather. craig? >> >> that's your latest weatr. >> we need chanel jones, a pop. >> we'll start with michael buble. he sat alongside carpool karaoke to stand up with cancer, after michael's son was diagnosed with liver cancer. he opened up about his son's battle, the tolt took on him and his family. >> at first it was just -- it's too hard to talk about, man. basically, they just said that it wasn't great. so, we just took it day by day. i'm not okay. my wife, honestly, when this all started, i became the strength to somehow pull us and lift whu. they got it out and the chemo was done and we were -- they said, we did it. oit's good. hey. i fell. i just -- i just fell. my wife picks me up now. >> certainly good news this morning. we'r happy to hear noah is in recovery and doing well. up next, some stars celebrat the weekend.arly over look at is. dressed at pilots and an airline attendant. mup next, he have his upcoming christmas album on his mind but that didn't stop john legend dressing up as prince charming for his daughter. the biggest transformation of them al look at rita orr as rapper post malone. she looks unrecognizable. look at the side-by-side comparis comparison. nicely done. nally the royals, harry and meghan, heading to new zealand over the weekend for the latest stop on their royal tour. our popstop correspondent keir simmons joins us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: popstart correspondent, you guys are too funny. we talk about royals not getting involved in politics but we haven't seen a royal quite like meghan. new zealand, this place was the first to give women the right a female prime minister, standing beneath a painting of the queen, speaking out on women's rights. >> women's suffrage is abo feminism but feminism is about fairness. the basic and fundamental human right of people, including those members of society who have been izmargin, whether for reasons of race, gender, ethnicity or yoernorientation, able to participate in the choice for their future and thy.>> reporter: the royal couple welcomed to new zeand with a traditional maui greeting, noses and foreheads touching, known as a hongy. and a loud warrior dance. toonday sharing an umbrella on e beach, while thousands of miles away, noises suggesting a royal split of sorts. reports that william and kate, rry and meghan, are set to separate their palace operations as this duke and duchess begin to build their own fily. >> from myself and my wife and our little bum grateful to be here. >> reporter: and meghan winning hearts. a todayer meeting these shy children, she asked for trays of cakes to be sent out. the newest royal bringing fresh passion and compassion in the final week of this epic tour. if you want to try that greeting, you put your forehead and your nose next to someone else's forehead and nose, then breathe out sharing eachother's souls. >> oh, no. >> reporter: if you try it, try to let the person b knowore you jump in. >> i just asked theteam, do you hold the breath? as long as somebody doesn't breathe in my face we're good. >> should we try it. >> no way. >> come on. >> go ahead. >> come on. come on. come on. hold your breath. >> ie lthis. >> cute. >> sheeld her breath. >> thank you, keir. were you in marching band, what did you play? >> i played flute but i couldn't so i just whistled. >> why did i even ask? >> it has something to do with today's daily click. as a marching band competitn, oneert bheoi hcand right time. the on the field, ready to go on the field when the sprinkler went off. the instructor stood in front of it, holding the stance until the sprinkler shut off. tren casuallyls off the field and they go wild. >> talk about taking one for the team. >> awesome band director there. >>ha now to one much oof our fav athletes, urime gold medalist simone biles, she took her greatness to higher levels, fighting throuy a kid stone at the world championships over the weekend. stephanie gosk has more on this story. levels. stephanie gosk ise with this story. >> reporter: good morning. simone biles is n even five feet tall. but this dynamo stood head and shoulders above the competition this weekend, while ging a new meaning to the phrase, no pain, no gain. gymnastimone biles, proving nothing can stop her from rehing new heights. not even a kidney stone. the adrenaline helped when i'm walking or doing some i stretches, i'm a bit of pain. >> reporter: just hours before nailing an incredibly challenging vaultut e, now forever known as the biles, the fo four-time olympic gold medalist, posting on social media, with the caption, nothing like a late night e.r. visit less than 24 hours before world championships. biles went to the hospital after suffering from stomach pains for two days. >>oe startedhink it was my appendix. we wanted to go as a precautionary. we got tests done just to see what it was. they found a kidney stone. >> reporter: biles pushing through pain to deliver a seemingly effortless performacce in event at the world gymnastics championship in qa r wetar. the porhouse qualifying for every final, a leading the u.s. squad to the team finals. >> not even the flu could stop michael jordan from scoring 3 points. >> some comparing her grit to that of legends. from michael jordan's flu game in 1997, to tiger woods, when he won the 2008 u.s. open on a broken leg. >> h limpi way through the first few hes. biles i balancing a lot off the esoor thesedays, as one of usa gymnastics' tought critics. the organization is still finding its footing after the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal rocked the world of gymnastics. the former olympic and team doctor accused of molesting hundreds ofts gymn including biles, who spoke to hoda back in january, about keeping a dark secret while competing. >> how did you do it? >> we're good at compartmentalizing things. we push it in the back of our theads because we don't w anyone to think of that and we don't want ourselves to think of that. we go out there fith al heart and compete because that's what we love to do. >> reporter: that heart of a champion, givin biles the ability to seemingly bounce back from anything. when team usa vies for the world will haverrow, bil a chance to make history. she could become the first female gymnast in more than three decades to win six medals at a world championships. as for the kidney stone, she says she'll take care of it after the competition. imagine how high she is going to jump when she loses it. >> i had kidney stone. it was worse than childbirth. it's excruciating >> a cyborg? >> unbelievable. what grit, right? >> yeah. as craig was saying, it would be surprising for anybody else, not simone biles. tomorrow on "today," we'll have anxclusive interview with simone's ali raisman. ahead, the stars of "bohemian rhapsody." they are here live. first, your local news. ♪ good morning, everybody. 8:26 on this monday, octther . i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get a look at the roads and your first 4 traffic. >> in the district, 17th street at "k" street, police activity with suspicious package. lanes and intersections all shut down t because oft investigation. gait ebu gaithe shut down. arlington gw parkway before the bridge, disabled vehicle. >> thank you. we'll have a look at your forecast when we come back. r co. saying barbara comstock's "promise has turned to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier." jennifer wexton is the "clear and convincing" choice. 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"ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in congress. i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message because i've worked across party lines to get things done. that's how we can fix congress and make it work for us again. i waso i'm used tor, getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry about president trump taking away protections for pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care. it's why i'm glad i have a friend named ben. ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. good morning, everybody. hie sun isng in washington. a few more clouds across the northern andestern portions of the ns area and there could be an isolated rain shower. current temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s.ea up 59 for a high today, becoming sunny this afternoon. a little breezy at times. again, nice and warm for tomorrow. high 63 degrees. and coming up oegrees for halloween. >> chuck, thank you. you can gets the latest news and weather in the nbc washingt app. meet aime hoeber. self proclaimed mother of the chemical weapon corp where she referred to nerve gas as just insecticide developed for people. someone who's made a career cashing in on her government contacts- was sued for using her position as a board member ra to d shareholders. and is now pursuing trumps agenda oand denying medical coverageod to people with pre existing conditions. the more you know aimee hoeber, the less you want to. i'm david trone, i approve this message. ♪ back, now, 8:30hi ons monday ermorning, octob 29th. just a few days before halloween. let's give camera time to our awesome, energetic crowd. d infact, i know he's crying. i know he's crying. but this is shane. shane iset the swet baby. i know he's crying. but he's really happy, right, babe? he's a florida boy. 's not used to this kind of weather. we want to thank everybody for coming today. just ahead, ohemian rhapsody." one of the year's most talked about movies. if you're a queen fan, you'lft become one you see this. we're going to show you how the members of queen were transformed by these three guys, right here. how about a "crowd moment"? >> lovely. >>jo ny, caroline, where are? we right behind us. it's nice when "the crowd moment" is nice and close. happy anniversary. >> thank you. >> how many years? >> 34. >> 34 ars, same person? >> yes. >> congratulations. fromn, hous texas. >> houston, texas. > you came to new york to celebrate. >> absolutely. av i heard you are queen fans. >> you a favorite song? >> "somebody to lo," for me. >> you want to sing it on national television? >> no. >> to celebrate your niversary, how about these two? these are two tickets, red carpet, tomorrow night, to see the premie. will you go? >> oh, we will be there, yes. >> i know you have a da. you guys enjoy that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. thanks for beingans of the show. >> happy anniversary. that's awesome. also ahead, the incredible n kerry washing is with us this morning. she's returning to the bright lits of broadway in a powerful and timely new play. we'r going to catch u with her in a moment. and halloween is a couple of daysanmemeti away,. to get you ready, we have a treat on the plaza. we have a little something special. this is the head carver and creative director of the great jack-o'-lantern blaze. he's been doing a special carving. ta- ta-da. wow. it's the "today" show crowd right here. how long did it take you to make it? >> started around 7:00 this morning. an hour and a half. ocrhiai wg.chne you >> you look good, too. >> which one is me? >> i think you're twins. >> by the way, great job. >> and carson very nice. all right. thank you, sir. >> we really appreci >> we really appreciate it. we'll keep that prominently displayed. of course, we don't like halloween here at "today." we love it. we're going all out with our costumes. this year we don't want to brag, but it might be one of our best years yet. trust us, you'll want to be here on wednesday for t big re.roveud up, come dourngs hang out with us. it will be fun at the plaza. >> a lot of tim those crowd costumes are just as good as ours. >> sometimes better. >> true. >> i must say, i'm very excited. dylan and i are doing one together. >> i cannot >> how about a check of the forecast? >> let's show you what we have with the week ahead. start off with showers in the northeast, down to texas, heavy snow through the western plains and rockies. midweek period, the snow continues in the rockies. a lot of rain from texas into the mississippi, high river valleys. much cooler around the gre lakes. mountain snows continue in northern rockies. that's wha the country.round here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm srm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. dry across the d.c. metro area. a few sprinkles across far northwest maryland. temperatures are in the upper 40s and low 50s. it'sot cool but cold outside. it will be mild enough today with a high near 59 degre but a gusty northwest wind for most of the afternoon. tomorrow equallyny as s but without the wind. temperatur t low 40sorrow morning up to 53 tomorrow afternoon. mild and dry for tri treating. weather. craig? >> mr. roker, thank you. kerry washingt, known for playing powerful characters, after seven seasons on the hit show, "scandal," kerry is now returning to the broadway stage in the new show, "american son." it is the storyan o interracial couple searching for answers about their missing boy. great to have you here. >> thank you. so good to be here. >> it's ineview ss right now. >> it is. >> those who have seen it, says it's among the most powerful plays they've ever seen. >> that means a lot for me. for me, it's onehe of most challenging projects i've ever tken on as an actor. it's very special me. it's a really beautiful play about parenting and about lov and identity and race. i just -- i feel like the luckiest woman in the world, that i get to do it eight times a week also, it's really hard. >> i hear that one of the major reasons it's soard is you're on stage all but three minutes of the show. >> it's true. that i true. but the entire cast is extraordinary. there's four of usn stag we really have grown very close. the play is really a ut -- you know, it's people having very, very private conversations in pu ic. it's things that a lot of us say to the people closest to us. sbut we're alling them in a room. and four people with ryvery, very different opinions and viewpoints o a the world sharing them together. it's exciting and different. beve never played a character like this re. >> i don't want to give away too much. it's about a mother who is trying to find answers about her son has gone missing in florida. >> yeah. and the whole play takes place in a police station, with that mother and father. i>> what was about the script? what was it about the character that y drew in? >>fo i think -- i thin me, in some ways, they p is almost like a prayer. and i say that to y, we spend minutes with these characters and we really see them.e like, really listen to them. and i don't know that we make laough time for that in our lives, partiy in this country right now, to listen to peopnk who t something completely opposite of us. and we get to do that. we sitn a theater and listen to people who believe things that are on the opposite end of the spectrum of identity. but we really hear them and we allow them to matter to us. all four of the people. and there's something really special about that. i think it's why audiences are so surprised and moved, because we d't make enough time to listen to people who we consider other, no matter who w e. >> yeah. >> to say, like, you, white man, you black woman, you -- all of these different identities to say, why do you think what yout k? and to make room to just hear it, and see how i feel about it, is so special. >> you're a mother of two. >> i am a mother o three. >> mother of three, excuse me. how did you draw on your experiences as a mom for this role? >> oh, gosh. you know, it's interesting. the play is teaching me so much every day. i feel like i'm still learning from her. and one of the things that i ink every mother w sits in the play -- every parent, actuly, who comes to tplay, is faced with the powerlessness of parekning. yo, there was a time when this person -- you could contro, everythiind of, about them, in the very, very, very benning. but parenting is a lot about letting go and how you do that with grace and ease and empower your kids to make the rht choices. it is an adven dre. obviouslng that as a parent of an african-american kid has its challenges. >> the producers on this thing, dwyane wade and gabrielle union, as parents were raising black boys in florida, a stand your ground and open carry state, dwyane wade and i know the fear and frtration and anxiety that goes hand in hand, when so many demonize, weapon size and criminalize black and brown bodies. i have mixed race daughter. how do you feel about raising children in the world that we live in now? in the country we live in right now? >> this is such a important time because i think these midterm elections are an opportunity for us t take our feelings around how our communities are being managed. and take action with our vote. you know, we elect our sheriffs. we elect our local judges. we have the power tin our commur communities are run. and so, that's why it's so important that co one stay home in the midterm elections. i don't care who you are and who you're voting for. you need t to knowt democracy only works when all of us have a vote and we all show i. hink there's one party that's engaged in disenfranchisingf lot votes. we need to protect the votes of all people. this is a time to sw up and say, we all matter. we all are valuable. our lives must be protected and respected no matter who we are. >> kerry washington, sean so mu thank you so much. if you want to run for in some come back and announce. for a moment, i thought thatma e olivia pope might throw her hat in the ring. the sho is "american son," in previews at the blue theater. comingup, the cast of comingup, the cast of "b spanberger: i'm abwhen dave brater, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] while virginians struggle with rising drug prices, brat's taken thousands from pharmaceutical, insurance, and other health care companies, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-existing conditions for the people he represents. brat serves his donors' interests. we need someone who's for us. ac we're with more stars. three stars of the highly-anticipated "bohemn rhapso rhapsody." >> together, they tell the story of how queen became one o the biggest bands in all of rutk. check it o. >> imagine thousands of peopleh doing in unison. huh? well? >> what's the lyric? ♪ ♪ we will, we will rock you we will, we will rock you ♪ >> keep going. one, two. stop it. stop it. >> you got it. okay. i got to watch this film. >> yes. >> and i always ledqueen. i fell in love with queen after watching this bio-pic, i guess is what you would call it. did you r feel likek stars >>en you were shooting this thing? it's about the closest you can get. for us, it's an adrenaline rush to be in front of the camera as actors. but when you get on that stage and perform a concert sequence like live aid, which is considered one of the greatest in thery of rock 'n' roll, yes. it's another level of adrenaline and ecstasy. >> check outhis live aid thing. >> 1985. >> it putts you there, right? >> the physical transformation you guys had to undergo to play these parts, what was that like? >> we, six wigs. >> six? >> and a perm. >> and a perm? >> i didn't knowhat a perm meant because i'm an idiot. in' d realize it stood for permanent. yeah. i said t jan, our makeup artist, this will wh out in seven to ten days. and when straight hair grows in, it grows in straight and then there's a halo curl. d >> what they do? >> i think they dipped my head in acid. rr was le. >> we enjoyed it. >> they had a field day with it. >> i was lucky that brian was consistent with his hair style. >> we didn't recognize you when you walked in. we didn't know which character you played. >> kudos to you. >> and you got to meet and talk to him? >> he was on set a lot. he was amazing. very generous with his time. a lovely human being. >> we wouldn't t be able do it without -- his support was just something that lifte us up every day. every day. it's their story. they have thereatest legacy. they don't need us messing around with it at all. bu his support was everything for us. >> very surreal moments when he's in the wings, watching me do a guitar solo and before they shout action, you have brian may saying go on, gwil. >> and he'sor rng it on his iphone like he's our fan. they're doing the moves, like radio gaga. >> just some guys. >> what about the teeth? i saw that. how long did that take? >> it took a while to get used h to. first thing i asked for, i said, i have to get used to these. it took about a year before i felt comfortable with them. by the end of it, didn't wan to take them out. >> they were part of you. >> they were part of me i felt naked. and i got to call everyone darlingnd dear on set. >> a lot of people don't know the story ofdd fre mercury. he's pakistani and british, his real name is farouq. he didn't come from an ultra conservative family tt didn't understand him. >> he is called pakistani a lot. but he was born in zanzibar and gets shipped off tondia for school and doesn't arrive in london until the age of 18. he's very much an immigrant, a ter. out of and that's the story we start is withomething so many people can relate to, the struggle to discover your inentity in a foreign world. and he's also tto discovert tha time, when being aerthing o than heterosexual is so stigmatized. here's a g who is struggling through everything and finds a way to be a superhero on stage. >> let me tell you, it is a fun it is worth every second on the screen. it puts you there, at live aid. i don't know how you all did it. but it was a great ride. i hope a lot of people go see it. rami, gwilym and joe, thank you. > justahead, an eye-opening new look at facebook's rise, raising the question, has the social network been more harmful than helpful? first, thiis "today" on nbc. ♪ when was the last time you felt... free. it's time to uncover that feeling again. with the compassion and strength of a name... most accepted by top doctors and specialists. and the power of a card... that opens doors in all fifty states. giving you the freedom to love to dream to dance like no one is watching. carefirst blue cross blue shield. live fearless. in maryland, democrats are on the front lines. with so much at stake, ben jealous is the bold leader maryland needs. in maryland, democrats are on the front lines. his plans will get our schools backbe to none and protect our healthcare. maryland's teachers, nurses and president obama agree. e ben jealous has"courage to move families forward.". let us stand up for our kids let us stand up for families let us stand up for our state ben jealous, democrat for gernor we're back. 8:49, with an nbc news exclusive first look at a pbs "frontline" documentary. >> the facebook dilemma looks at how giant the social media has become. >> this is a fascinating documentar it's no secret that facebook is at the center of a growing debate over user privacy. now, a new documentary takes a deep look inside the rapid rise of the tech giant with rarely before seen footage iver a dozen interviews with current and former facebookin ders. it explores how the social network grew from a college start-up to what critics called the lon surveillance apparatus ever >> we're not going to share people's information, except for the people they asked it to be shared. >> reporter: a young mark zuckerberg, on the verge of becoming the leader of one of the largest companies, facebook. a new pbs "frontline" documentary, details the tech giant's rapid ascent, from an online book for colleges, to the social media platform the producers say part of their goal was to highlight a major p turningoint in the company's history, going public in 2012. >> zuckerberg's challenge was to show investors and advertisers the profit to be made from faceblok's most val asset, the personal data it had on its ers. >> the company announces its first relationship with da broker companiescompanies that st americans aren't at all aware of, that go out and buy up data about each and every one of us. where we buy, where we shop. and it's being shared with facebook so facebook can target ads. >> it can't be overstated how important an moment that was in 2012, when facebook essentially became a public company became accountable to its shareholders. >> reporter: it wasn't just its advertising model that would get facebook in trouble. zuckerberg and his team would confront a different challenge, the spread of misinformation and fake news, which put the company at the center of the 2016 election. >> we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility. that was a big mistake. >> was there a sense of, facebook is getting polluted about misinformation, someone should do about this? >> there certainly was. w and people thinking about it. i don't think there was an awarenes internally or exterm externally, the scope of the problem and the right course of action. critics, r: for some that action didn't come quickly enough. something that chersheryl sandb told savannah she worries about. >> do you take it personalily? >> i take it very personally. i run this with mark and i take responsibility for the things we didn't do and didn't dooon mu enough. >> reporter: the question now, has facebook, the largest social media company in the world, learned from itsistakes? we asked for comment on the eccumentary and did not hear back. your local listings, guys. >> steph, thanks. we're back in a moment. this i"today" on nbc. conventional thinking can't save healthcare. welcome to change. just because it's never been done, doesn't mean we can't do it. just because it hasn't been seen, doesn't mean we can't envision it. we are uncommon to the core. we are upmc. montgoto three generations of elrich's. we love it here. but we have to work to keep it great, like fixing transit and traffic for commuters like my son-in-law. increasing open space where my grandchildren and yours can play. and reducing classroom sizes for all our kids. that's why our next county executive has to require developers to solve the problems their developments create. as county executive, that's exactly what i'll do for every generation. smucker's cebrates "today" sponsored by smucker's. with a name like smucker's, tt ha be good. >> with halloween a few days away, we're celebrating people with birthdays around this time. meli turned 3. george spends 68 on saturday. he lov spending time with his granddaughter, bailey. this cute vampire wl be 1. you can keep those photos coming at today.com/celebrates. coming up on the fourth hour, the coolest coats to keep you warms winter. jenna bush hager will join me for that. plus, the secrets for pulling up a fun grown-up game night. you love game night? >> we love it. >> of course you do because that's what y'all do. 8:56 is your time on this monday, october 29, 2018. good morning to you. right now we want to check on your commute with melissa and your first 4 traffng. how's it g >> good morning. in the district, 17th at k street, police activity with a suspicious package. lanes and intersecting streets all sti closed. southbound b.w. parkway between 198 and 197, a left lane and shoulder blocked therese bec of a crash. and outer loop at the american legion bridge, crash there as well. >> thank you. we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back. i believe the most important part of serving is listening. i've heard stories from people across virginia that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and pediatric healthcare. but we can't make progress when we're divided, when our leaders pit us against each other for political gain. in the senate, i'll always listen to you and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it every go down? 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